I'm eager to see how it turns out too! Because as I've said, I have nooo idea how we're gonna get there.

You've definitely got the "if you actually think about it, it's disturbing as hell" element of the ABVH 'verse down pat.
Yeeees, excellent!

Good, I'm glad. You're not supposed to like JC in this =D That said, he actually didn't need me to add anything to him to make him this sneaky artificial manipulator, he just needed me to acknowledge it the way LKH won't anymore. And he does his job very well!